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I know a woman named Aquanetta. Like the Aquanet hairspray! I've known her for years and I still can't believe that's her real name. But her brother has a crazy name too, I just can't remember it. My cousin named her baby girl Maybree, I hate it!

Okay, this one is really bad. My friend was a court reporter, and had to work in family court one day. The bailiff called out the names for a custody case....first the parents names, then the child's. When he got to the child's name he just stopped and stared at the papers.....the mom got very upset and said "It's Shi-thead, why is that so hard? It's Shi-thead" yes pronounced Shi and then thead like thread without the 'r'!! This was her child's real name. I hope I don't offend anybody, but I felt for that child thinking of the torture every time someone read his name!!

One of my emplyees names was PHUC!! I always had customers asking me what his name was and was it a joke. Nope! It was pronounced Foke (vietnemes). Worse part was his last name was Long! Too many laughs over his name and he laughes right along with us.

T-knayshia (pronounced Tee dash nay she a) Yes, you say DASH for the dash. Wow, her mom was HIGH when she had her! No really, she was. I read a story in a California paper where the women named her kid that and she was in court for child endangerment because she nearly killed her baby by smoking meth and nursing at the same time.